 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  The Works of the English Poets: Watts - Pàgina 20per Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1815 - 436 pàgines
...that, though the Almighty is '' the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity;" though "He rideth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;" though before Him ''the nations are us a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of the... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 pàgines
...nations before him are as the drop of a bucket. He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. What loftiness of expression ! The deference we pay to the sacred writers is not founded... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pàgines
...ear, but now mine eye seeth thee^ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadcth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pàgines
...ear, but now mine eye seelh thee\ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadeth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pàgines
...vanity. To whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare uuto him? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers -T that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that spreadeth them out as a tent to... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 pàgines
...altogether immaculate, yet most propitious to sinful man. Let us hear her delineations. " He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers before him: he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadcth them out as a tent... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1806 - 292 pàgines
...beginning ? " Have ye not understood from the " foundations of the earth ? It is " HE that sitteth upon the circle " of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grasshoppers ; that "stretcheth out the heavens as a " curtain, ,. and spreadeth them out " as a tent... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pàgines
...the earth in a measure. He iveigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold all nations, are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pàgines
...become* foolish." His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he " sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : AH nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance... | |
 | John Dick - 1811 - 302 pàgines
...him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. It is he that sittefa upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out tl'ie heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to... | |
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